Yes I am feeling better, I have had almost no pain. I want to get out and
do everything I was doing before the surgery, I just do not have the energy
to do it. The one area that has been of concern is my left leg, the one
they took the vain out of for the bypass. There was a lot of trauma to
that leg and there is swelling below the knee and a large area of red in
the shin area. They are treating this with an antibiotic and blood
thinner.
Healing take a lot of energy do to this, and I get tired real easily. The
biggest challenge is to when to work on indurance and when to just set and
relax and rest.
The mental stamina is also very slow coming back. It an effort to sit down
and read my emails twice daily, but each day is a little better each day.
Ben
On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 3:14 PM Sandy <preciousredhead@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Ben,
I’m glad to hear you are feeling a little better. I had open heart surgery
three years ago for an aneurysm and an aortic valve replacement. The
recovery seems like forever in the beginning, but after a couple of weeks
you feel a lot better. I had a collapsed lung right after and they thought
I had had a stroke as it took me 3 days to wake up, but fortunately I
hadn’t . Guess I just liked the anesthesia too much. 🤣 Just keep hugging
that heart pillow they give you for coughing and try not to sneeze😳!! .
Sandy Smith Rubin
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